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The publication If TUE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this da! J at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. - ---..•.... "..4 ~...,,p t. 1 1.-i'-' ~,--1 9. ,..&t, - --4 - ' --- ' 7- :1 auxtc. %ITN WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1833. In the Housa of LORDS last night, the Duchess of KENT'S Annuity Bill, and a Naturalization Bill (both of sihich have passed the two Houses), were brought up by Mr. BERNAL. A petition was presented from the Union of Deepwade in Norfolk, in favour of rating small tenements on the landlord instead of the tenant. Their Lordships then adjourned. In the HorsE of COMMONS, amongst the petitions wag one presented by Mr. Watuat, for a mitigation of the sentence of the Glasgow Cotton-spinners. This petition elicited some discussion ; and wag eventually withdrawn, because the lan guage of the petitioners was, by inference, deemed disrespect ful to the House of Lords—as if there were not, in reality, a great as well as a little vulgar—as if England were really free from the influence of " rabble Lords," or not notoriously in ured by a " rabble aristocracy." Mr. \YAKUT, however, after the rejection of the petition, gave notice that he should move for a Committee of Inquiry into the constitution of the Glasgow Cotton-spinners' Associa tion. If that were negatived, he should move an Address to the QuarN for a mitigation of the sentence, Lord JouN R us undertakirn; to name an early day on which such a motion cAltd be brought forward. Lord J. RI:9SELL afterwards moved that the House resolve its , If into a Committee on the Lower Canada Bill. A debate gas thereon raised, hich we have alluded to elsewhere. It will be seen that Sir R. PEEL., having declared his determina tion to persevere in his opposition to the Ministerial preamble of the Bill, Lord Jonai RUSSELL usel the following words re garding the particular course he intended to pursue as to the preamble :—"I beg to say that, at the meeting of the House te-morrrev. after I shall have consulted with my colleagues in office, I will state exactly the course I mean to follow." The Bill went through a Committee pro firma, was ordered to be rre;-mmitted to-morrow, and the House then Adjourned at about Twelve o'Clock. We plainly perceive, from the tone and spirit of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S second explanation in the course of the debate last night on the Canada ques tion, that Minister; may be brought to adopt several of the amendments suggested by the Right Hon. Mem bers for Coventry hnd Tam worth, in tile preamble and provisions of the Canadian Constitution Suspension all. The parts of the Bill objected to last night were pre&sely those which we denounced as having a dan gerous tendency on Wednesday, and it is really not a little surprising that among the numerous advocates of the Milisterial policy in the House, not one rose to defend the composition of the proposed Colonial Coun cil of Advice. For the absurd restrictions which the Bill placed upon the Earl of DURHAM as Governor- General, Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no reason to assign , except that the Cabinet shrunk from the responsibility of any act not previously sanctioned by Parliament, and therefore it ha.l recourse to a legislative ddnition and limitation of the powers to be entrusted to the Noble E , trl. Now this, though a safe, is a very nar row policy ; and were the mission of the Noble Earl to fail, though Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his col leagues would escape impeachment, they would not on that account be held less morally responsible to the country for such a disaster. That we do not misre- - present the sentiments of the Noble Home Secretary is evident from the following very explicit passage in his speech, in answer to the suggestion of Mr. EDWARD ELLICE :—" I consider that in undertaking a set tlement of the affairs of Canada, Government has a most important, a most difficult, and a most rc- sponlible duty to perform. It requires nothing less than the agreement of Parliament in the general line of policy proposed to be pursued to make it either justifiable in the Government to un dertake the settlement, or possibly for the Governor- tieneral to succeed in his endeavours to accomplish it." In the soundness of this opinion, we wholly con cur; but Lord JOHN RUSSELL forgets, that he does not think himself safe with a Parliamentary approval of the " general line of policy" pursued by his col leagues. He seeks by his Bill to make the Parliament responsible for any error which may be committed by the constitutional adiiiscrs of the Crown. His Lord ship would drag Parliament through the mire, with a view to the u•.terior protection of the Executive. The speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL in answer to the Noble Lord, and in reply to a suggestion thrown out by the Right Hon. Member for Coventry, of the expediency of a coalition of Whigs and Tories upon this Bill—was manly and to the purpose. The Right Hon. Baronet re pudiated the idea of any coalition upon such a question —refused to have it supposed that Parliament was un animous in opinion respecting a Bill of Pains and Penalties, when in reality great division existed. After refusing to make himself responsible, by a coalition with the policy of the Cabinet, and ridiculing, as we have repeatedly done, the proposal to summon persons from Upper Canada, to assist in framing a Constitution for the Lower Province, the Right Hon. Baronet ob served, with as much truth as liberality : " I am not prepared to say that, having suspended the en tire Constitution of Lower Canada--and in this sentiment several Gentlemen opposite who are usually opposed to me in political opinions concur—l am not prepared to say that, under these circumstances, ten men chosen by the electors, and five Members of the Legislative Council, opposed as they naturalbj will be, can fully, freely, and fairly discuss the cir cumstances of the province. Sir, I know of no representation except that which is sanctioned by law. The Legisll tive Assembly is still in existence--it consists of eighty persons, the true Representatives of the Colony —and is it possible that their place can be supplied by ten men, selected from five districts, of which we know little, and by a constituency of which we are quite ignorant?— ( Hear, hear.) I cannot, under such circumstances, be ever brought to affirm—in the words of the preamble—that men so elected are the full, fair, and free representatives of the Ca nadian people._( Cheers.) Sir, I will not believe that the British House of Commons—the guardians of the representa tive principle —can consent to such a substitute for the repre entative system already existing by the Canadian Constitu ic t I will not believe that we can be induced to decide that ten men, however fairly selected, can be the representatives of the people.__( Hear, hear.) These, Sir, are the grounds on which I object to the principles laid down in the preamble." This is substantially the language held by us on Wednesday__ la.st,. when discussing the merits of the IVlinisterial Bill ; and from the tone of Lord JOHN R USSELL'S subsequent remarks we are certain that it will lead to a new modification of that measure. Our readers will remember that we ridiculed the idea of limiting to twenty-six the Mem bers of the Council of Advice—that we repudiated as equally preposterous and offensive the nomination of the bodies whose members the Governor-General would be obliged to call to his councils—and that we repeatedly dwelt upon the impossibility of convincing a people in a state of great political excitement, that they could be represented by twenty six individuals so chosen and appointed. It may be contended that the Right Hon. Baronet is more intent upon guarding against an invasion of the prerogative of the Crown by Parliament, than sincere in his professions of zeal for the liberties of the Cana dians. This may be true, but we do not see in what way the plain facts of a question can be influenced by the private sentiments of any Member of the Legisla ture. The supremacy of Parliament would be as well evinced, in leaving the number of Councillors, and the mode of acquiring information, to the discretion of Lord DURHAM, as in limiting them to twenty-six, and pointing out the way in which they ought to ex ercise their functions. If Sir ROBERT PEEL'S suggested amendments be adopted, the whole character of the Bill will be changed ; and, judg ing from what fell from the Right Hoonourable Ba ronet last night, the change will be greatly for the better. This remark is confined solely to the doctrine propounded in the speech of the Tory leader. Presuming that the Bill will be amended with the I consent of Ministers, we cannot sufficiently express our sympathy for Lord GLENELG, who will thus be put to the trouble of re-writing his dispatch to the Earl of D Un- HA Ne. The Noble Colonial Secretary, in taking time by the forelock, miscalculated the influence of the Tories and Ultra-Liberals, who seem to take a cruel delight in disturbing his Lordship's official repose. We told his Lordship on Wednesday that we suspected he was for once in too great a hurry—that he was too eager to convince Parliament of his watchfulness on great oc casions—and we are much mistaken, or he will find our prediction verified. " Alas for the independence of the Press, and the character of the self-called organs of Reform !"—many will exclaim who read the leading article of this Mor,n ing's Chronicle. A few days, or rather a few hours, ago, our Contemporary was thundering its philippics against Sir ROBERT PEEL'S devoted head, for giving notice of a motion to omit the clause in the Canada Bill ter authorising the Government to restore a po pular Constitution to the Canadians, and cease to rule by despotic power before the expiration of the Act. This was then said to be the very genius and charac ter of Toryism, and many " thunders' . were launched at the party, and its mouth-piece in consequence. Last night in the House of Commons, it appears that for the sake of "unanimity," as Mr. ELL ICE says,Govern ment are about to give way, and adopt the Tory Leaders' Amendment. No sooner does this appear, than out comes our Contemporary this morning, ready to eat every word he had previously uttered, and to discover that he " had attached mare impor tance to the objections than after more mature consideration he is now disposed to do." Indeed ! And, what is more, the difference is "apparent" rather than "real," only an aeriel windmill for our Contem porary to fight against ! How pitiful—how lament able is this exhibition how truly disgusting : Pistol eating the leek was nothing to it. There was a time when the Morning Chronicle would not have stooped to be the mere special pleader of any Ministry. There was a time when it would not have blown " hot and cold" within a few hours for any " consi deration." There was, and we believe there still is, a " stalwart Wight" who had " a stout heart for every stae brae" that impeded the path of public liberty ! But these times are passed, and whenever it suits an Administration to yield to its opponetlts, our Con temporary is able to exercise " a more mature consi deration", and discover that the motion it had recently denounced, as exhibiting the very genius and character of Toryism, was " apparent rather than real !" Our . Contemporary, however,-inust not be suffered to de lude the public in degrading himself. The difference is real,"—and not only real, but important in the highest degree. We hare hitherto been prevented, by a press of matter respecting the all-engrossing question of Ca nada, from laying before our readers a report of the important meeting which was held in Dublin on Sa turday last. To-day we are enabled to supply this deficiency, as our readers will find by referring to an other part of our paper. The report there inserted is taken from the Evening Mail. In perusing it, it is necessary to bear in mind that the class of society called in England workmen are in Ireland called tradesmen. The tumultuous proceedings which took place at this meetinz cannot fail to do serious injury to the interests of the working classes iii general. We say nothing of the grossness of the insult offered to Mr. O ' CONNELL, to whom Ireland owes so much, and who in the course which he has taken in regard to the com bination system, hasproved himself the best friend of the infatuated men who have let loose their fury .against him—we put this part of the business entirely aside, and look only to the consequences which must result to the workmen themselves, from the fatal course which they hare adopted, and shown themselves but, too much inclined to continue. The accusation brought against the Dublin operatives by Mr. O ' CONNELL is, that they have entered into a com bination, which is both criminal in itself, and hurtful to their own interests. The first part of the charge has been proved by the evidence of some of their own body—indeed it is not denied. It is not denied that the workmen have combined together for the purpose of limiting the number of apprentices taken by their employers, and for preventing any of their brother workmen from disposing of their labour, except on such terms as they, the combinators, choose to dictate ; and further, that this latter part of the plan has been attempted to be carried into effect by personal violence, for the perpetration of which a pecuniary assessment is regularly levied upon the members of the Union. Are any of these charges denied ? Not one. They are all admitted, and the worst of the whole—that which gives so fearful a complexion to the case—is, that instead of relinquishing objects so unjustifiable, the moment their illegality—not to mention their enormity—was pointed out, the parties concerned in them evince a deter mination to persevere in the dangerous path they have chosen for themselves, and direct their vengeance against those faithful friends who warn them of the evils to which they are exposing themselves. It is really astonishing that men of so much intel ligence as the operatives of Dublin, or of any other city or town within the limits of the three kingdoms, should be so blind to their real interests, as not to see the ruinous consequences which the success of their plans would inevitably entail upon themselves. We shall suppose that they ere able to dictate their own rate of wages, and to fix their own restrictions on the em ployment of the capital invested in trade or manufactures. How long could this continue ? How is the Dublin capitalist to enter the field of competition with his brother capitalist in ano ther quarter, whose proceedings are free and unfet- TlI E 'erect ? He cann of—.the thing is impossible. His only resource is eitlier to retire from business altoge ther, or to remove- his capital and his enterprise to some place where labour is free, and where he can carry on his business without molestation. Let the Dublin operatives look to the state into which the trade of their own city has fallen, and then say whe ther it does not afford a volume of instruction on this point. The total annihilation of some branches of trade, and the decline of all, in the capital of a country containing a . superabundant population where, in fact millions of people are reduced to beg gary for want of employment—is to be attributed solely to this violent and unreflecting spirit of com bination among the workmen. To bear out this assertion, were . any other proof wanted than that in the very nature of things it must be so, we have only to refer to the statements made by capitalists at this very meeting, and by others who have actually been obliged to migrate to other quarters to save themselves from ruin. The Paris Journals of Tuesday and Wednesday have been received with advices from Madrid of the 16th instant. The following is the only official news from the Spanish capital : " BORDEAUX, Jan. 20. " According to advice' from Madrid of the 16!li, Baron de Solar had resigned the War Department, and was to be re placed by General Caratala. " The political chief of Cuenca had reported that Basilio, after sustaining a defeat, was closely pursued by two columns, who had already taken many of his men priseners, and received a good number of deserters." The following information has been communicated to us by a Paris Correspondent, in a private letter of the 23d. Don Carlos has lately received, via Sardinia, the sum of two millions of francs from the Autocrat, the Kings of Prussia and Holland. The last-mentioned is the chief contributor on the present, as on every other occasion. the fact of a sum of money having been forwarded to the Pretender, has been already alluded to by several French jour nals; but the following circumstance; which I recommend to your attention, are yet unknown, or at most, but suspected by the press. When the subsidy was first talked of, Louis Phillippe, to whom it was anything but palatable, started the following ob jection :—" If we place a sum of any consequence at the ei3 posal of the Spanish Government, instead of its being appro priated to the use of the army, it will be transferred, like all the loans, and taxes, and confiscations, into the pockets of the Queen's autho:ities : Cordova will have his share, Torreno his 'Meadizabal, Calatrava, and all the uther greedy patriots, theirs. If we wish the supply to be really useful, we must send agents of our own, who may see that it is not dilapidated in this manner." To this proposal the Ministers all consented. It was, therefore, almost certain, only two days ago, that a subsidy . would be sent to the Queen of S t ain. A new difficulty has, however, since arisen. Louis Philippe, I have just been informed, has reflected that if French agents were to repair to Madrid, and enter into open communication with the Queen's Government, he might not be free to retract when he chose. Such an open espousal of the interests of tho Constitutional party would render it incumbent on him to stand by that party and prevent its fall, no matter at what risk. After pondering for several days on this state of the case, Louis Phillips has come to the resolution of setting his veto against the proposed measure. The Ministry will'therc fore be compelled to yield or resign. Of their preferring the former I entertain no doubt. 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The long delay between her an nouncement of having passed the Head and arrival h' re, has given rise to the greatest anxiety. It has been caused by the wind blowing unceasingly and violently from the east. So unpropitious has keen the wind for in-coming vessels, that the Dublin packet did not arrive here at all yesterday—a circumstance which has not occurred for years. Owing to her long delay in crossing the Channel her coals became con sumed, and with difficulty she reached Holvhcad, front which place the passengers arrived this morning by the mail coach. The packet from Dublin to-day, tvhose customary hour of ar rival is six a. m., bas. not at the present moment (half-past two p. m.), made her appearance. The New York packet sailed on the second instant, so that she will bring seven days' latter intelligence than the Virgi nian on Monday. 111... T. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1838. QUEEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chanee'!or, Lord Brougham, Lord Bexley, and the Bishop of Hereford sat to-day to heir Scottish appeals. STIIWART V. Siasol, The arguments in this case were resumed to-day, but had not con. eluded when our reporter left. .VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MORLEY if. COOPER. In this case an injunction was moved for egainst the defendant, under the following circumstances:—The Wife of the plaintiff (who is an officer in the Marines, at present stationed in the Mediterranean), a short time ago took furnished lodgings, into which she was about to remove furniture, when she heard that the tenant was i n arrear for rent. Sh e waited -on the landlord, who promised not to dist ra i n , b u t, notwith standing this assurance, he proceed e d t o do so two or three days after the removal. Come His HONOUR said it appeared that the plaintif had been induced to place her goods in the house by the promise given, and granted the injunction. Hiallouft then proceeded with the unopposed petitions, and the part heard caw of Lowry V. Fulton, which was concluded at the time our reporter left the Court. ROLLS' COURT-at-US DAY.) WAKE V. PkIIKER.—JUDGNIIINT. The testator in this case devised and bequeathed an equal fifth part of his real estate and of his residuary personal estate to the plaintiff; Mrs. Wake, for her separate use during her life, after her death to his chil dren in equal shares. The bill was filed by Mr. and Mrs. Wake and their children two of the children being infants, suing by Mr. Wake a s their next friend) against the trustees and executors and other devisees and legatees of the real and residuary personal estate for the usual accounte, and for payment to Mrs. Wake of her share of the residuary personal es tate. To this bill two of the defendants, both of whom were residuary lega tees, and one of whom was trustee and executor, put in a general demurrer for want of equity, the grounds of which were, first, tt at the husband and wife ought not to be permitted to sue together for the separate estate of the wife; and secondly, that the husband having no interest in the se parate estate of the wife, was, on that account, mis-joined with the plaintiffs. being, e i h n a g d , Lord LAVGDAI.II, in; giving judgment this morning, said C o u r t s o f e i r no next ild e and i, , n a n a e married jo te, t he Courts woman Equity had from an early p er i od permitted married women to sue f or ai the t i o r h se e p r a s r e a p te ar es at t e atebythe estate, d as friend, acted on the principle that in the prosecution of such suits her autho rity and consent was necessary independently of her husband. In Lord v. Barclay it was decided that if the wife had reason to think the next friend appointed by herself colluded with her husband, she might— for that reason—have her next friend changed, on giving security for the costs. A suit, instituted and carried on by the husband and wife had been considered as the 'Mt of the husband alone, and prima facie at least the wife could heat be said to have any control or authority over it. She might authorise the husband to pro secute the suit, but in the absence of any thing to show she did so, the suit must be considered as the suit of the husband. It had undoubtedly been usual to file such bills, and many claims had been made with out objection in suits instituted by the husband and wife for th e wife's separate estate, the Court itself taking care the separate estate of the wife recovered in such suit should be protected from the husband. Lord Hardwick e had laid it down that when there was any thing to be recovered for the separate use of the wife a bill ought to be filed by the next friend for her, otherwise it was her husband's bill. The husband having the power to use the wife's name might file a bill without her knowledge, and prosecute it unfavourably to her interests. It had been argued at the bar that the authorities did not apply to a case where there was no dispute between the husband and wife, but, after considering the cases, he (Lord Langdale) thought they did not admit of that limitation. Not only ought the wife to be pr o _ tected in the enjoyment of her separate property, but parties ought to be protected against concurrent and consecutive demands of the bus. band suing in the name of the wife, and the wife suing by her next friend. If such suits were allowed, it was obvious great oppression might be practised upon parties by the husband and wife acting in concert together. His Lordship, after going through the authorities, said he had come to the conclusion, though with reluctance, that lie ought is allow this de. murrer. He said with reluctance, because he thought that suits thus constituted, were of familiar occurrence, and he was aware that m any orders had been made in such suits, without inconvenience. He also thought that in cases in which the husband and wife were not hostile very little, if any additional security was obtained by the wife, in th e appointment of next friend, the probability being, that in such ease;, the next friend was appointed by tle wife, on the recommendation of the husband. His Lordship therefore allowed the demurrer without costs, giving leave to amend the bill by striking out the name of Mr. Wake, as pla.intilf, and as the next friend of the infant children; making him a defendant, and by insertin; the name of the next friend for the wife and infant children. FER&RD V. LEPINE. Mr. TINNRV then proceeded to address the Court on behalf of the defendant in this case, which was opened yesterday, and the points in which were wholly of a legal nature. DIMES P. POLICES. This was an action to recover the amount of an attorney's bill of costs brought against the administrator of another attorney. The Jury found a ♦erdict for the plaintiff for 50/. with leave to the defendant to move for a new trial or a nonsuit. It appeared that on the death of Griffith Jones, an attorney, of London, the plaintiff succeeded to his business, by an agreement dated 24th February, 1832, by which he was to take the furniture at a valuation, and pay a ■um of 4721. There was a letter of the 16th of February read also on behalf of the defendant, by which the plaintiff proposed to make out the bills of debts due to Jones, his predecessor, free of cost to the parties interested, the books and pa. pert being left with him for that purpise, and to pay a aura of 4001 for the business. A rule for a nonsuit was subsequently obtained, on the :round that the plaintiff in his letter of the 16th of February having offered to make out the bills against. Jones's clients free of cost, was debarred from bringing his action for compensation, as that offer must be taken as a part of the agreement by which he succeeded to the business. Mr. KELLY (with whom was Mr. CoAaNELL) now appeared to show cause against the rule. The arguments of the Learned Counsel were directed chiefly to the fact that the date of the offer to make out the bills free of charge was eight days previous to that on which the agree ment had been finally made, and that the sum to be paid was larger than that originally tendered. That the agreement of the 24th of Fe bruary was the only one which could be considered binding between the parties, and in that no allusion had been made to the offer of making out these bills. Sir F. PoLLocr having been heard in support of the rule, The COURT was of opinion that the verdict was right, and that the 501. had bet n recovered for work and labour done, and that evidence had been before the Jury to show that the plaintiff was autho rized by the defendant to do that work.—Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY.) BARR V. GIBBON. ,This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, at the Assizes at Liverpool, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, Damages 4,2001. The facts were these :—The defendant was the owner of a vessel in 1836; she was on a voyage in October of that year, but was sold to the Caintiff, on the 24th October, for the above sum. It appeared that on the 21st October the ship went on shore on the Prince of Wales's Island, and became a wreck in some weeks after. The crew had access to the vessel after she had struck, and had the acei. dent occurred in England she would have been easily got off. At the trial the Jury found that the vessel was not a ship at the time of the sale. The-Court were of opinion that under the deed of sale that was not the point in issue, as it contained no express stipulation that the slip was seaworthy at the time of sale. She was still a ship when the deed was made; they were therefore of opinion that there should be a new trial, on the payment of costs. CLARE V. DAYIS. This was an action for trespass, the defendant having thrown down a toll-gate which had been erected by the plaintiff ovier what he claimed as a private road. The property in question had been in possession of plaintiff's ancestors for upwards of 200 years—that an Enclosure Act having been obtained, the Commissioners allotted the property in question as waste land, which they had no right to do under the Act, as they were ex pressly forbid to take any land which was claimed in the manner this was. There were various Acts of ownership proved on the trial, but the award of the Commissioners was allowed to be put in at the trial. The Court was of opinion that it should not have been so' ruled, and therefore decreed a new trial. • COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) GATES to. WIIITZ. In this case, a vessel callerT;b;Seso;;;;s,having been run against and damaged by another vessel, the owners brought their action for 2001. (the damage done) against the owners of the other ship. It was referred to an arbitrator) who awarded 1721., deducting one-third for old timber, &e. The defendant moved to set aside the a ward, on the ground that the plaintiff had received the amount of the damage from the under writers who insured the vessel, and that they could not recover twice. The case will occupy most of the day. . BAIL COURT- ( TIIIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) ROBINSON V. WHITEHEAD. The argument in this case occupied the entire of the morning. It rule obtained on a former day, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why he should not pay defendant his costs under the 43d Geo. 3, he having arrested him fora larger sum than he had originally recovered. "Mr. LEI; was heard against the rule, and Mr. Lust Lay in support of it. The Cot Jar made the rule absolute. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A Hann Cssa.—Josrph Milton, an aged man in the most abject con dition, W brought up by Blossett, a constable of Covent Garden Market, who stated, that at nine o'clock last night, he saw the prisoner loitering about the Market, and when he thought there was no person observing him, he went to a stand and put ten pounds 01 potatoes into his apron and was taking his departure when he was taken into custody. The account he gave at the time was, that he was starving, having had nothing to eat for the last three days, and that his wife and three chil dren were famishing et home. The prisoaer declined entering into a defence, and was sent for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction. Anne Robinson, a sedate-looking old lady, was charged by John Stonehouse, barman of the Blue Por,t public-house, Monmouth street, with stealing two glasses from the counter. It appeared that at eleven o'clock last night, the prisoner came in and called for a glass of gin, which she instantly disposed of, and in order to keep it down, she called for some beer, which was drawn for her; but while complainant was doing so, she secreted the glass she had just used under her shawl. The complainant immediately taxed her with the t net, and after some alter. cation, she gave up the two glasses produced, which she acknowledged she had stlien 'since she had entered the shop. A constable was sent for, and on searching her he found an ale glass, which she said belonged to a respectable person, but who that person was she refused to give information. ....... The prsoner e:: pressed her regret at what had happened, and was sent to prison for two months. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JAN. 95. Wind E , fresh breeze.—The Dillon has proceeded to Ramsgate harbour. The Sir Archibald Ca.upbell remains. No ar. rivals reported. PORTS'f OUTII, JAN. 25 —Wind E.S.E., fine.—Arrived the Gustav and Adolph, Arendt, from Liverpool. Sailcd the Eclipse steamer, Ems_ sell, for London. PLYMOUTIT, JAN. 24.—Wind E.N.E.--It h;.3 blown a heavy gale for the last forty_eight hours, and continues from E.N.E —No arrivals. The French ship Europe, Castes, from St. Domingo to Havre, has parted from both her chains under the citadel, and ru:l into Hamoaze on the mud, where she nor remains. . Ettstoi , re, JAN. 24.—Wind E., 'violent gal •.—Arrives the Naiad, Budd, Pr' TI Terceira; and Royal William stea.ner, Sarsfield, from Lon_ don, It has blown a violent gale from E. all night, and this day con tinues to the present with unabated fury. '11.3 shipping have all rode itout well except the barque Agile:, of Plymouth, which vessel drove from her anchors, and is on shore under the Green Bank, with loss of bowsprit, main boom, &c. ri. II ISGATE, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Jane and Elizabeth, Jensen, from Porto Rico. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 25.—Arrived off port the Siddons Packet, from New York ; and Tuscany, from Savannah CORK, JAN. `23.—Arrived the Arab transpoe, from Malta. The Olive Branch, Adams, from Seville, was wrecked on the Bar of Dungarvan the 21st instant. The Loyal Packet, Carr, from London, vra3 towed into Sheerness, with less of foremast, bowsprit, &c., bound to Sunderland. The Boyne, Crawshaw, from Ipswich, was wrecked at Sheerness on Wednesday. Tha Pandora, Inglis, from Sunderland to Bordeaux, was n - reeked the 16th instant on the Pointe de Courbe ; five of the crew drowned. - - LIVEROOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 25. IThe business done in Cotton to-day has been good, and the sales may be estimated at 5,000 bags, at tho full prices of yesterday. the descriptions sold are :-400 Surat, 41d. and 6d. ; 150 Bahia, Sid. to 84d,; 80 Slaranham, Sid. to 91d. ; and the rest American, 6id. to Sid. The market closed very firmly. he " Animals' Friend Society," last week has been very active in relieving the sufferings of horses, &c., during this inclement season, in strewing ashes and straw on Elolborn and Snow Hill, and the Bridges. It has also caused the fol lowing convictions:—Samuel Pearce's driver, fined 55., and costs, by Mr. Traill; the cab-driver, 1283, 10s., and costs; the omnibus driver, 3243, 75., and costs ; John Willis, 58., and costs, and the omnibus driver, 252, in costs, for great cruelty to their horses in the frost; also William Dark, to be committed for fourteen days' hard labour, for having cruelly goaded an ass. The Society is anxious to recommend an easy plan, suggested to it for rough shoeing horses, without the inconvenience of changing the shoes. It consists in always having a fare holes in the shoes topped with screws when first made, so that at any timeasome steel screws with points can be screwed into them ; but these screws requiring to bo firm, would want a small square place in which to fix a wrench o farce them in with. SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC.—W e are g l a d to call the attention of our readers to a book of travels, on the eve of appearance, that can hardly fail of affording much interesting information respecting a part of the globe of which we know comparatively very little. We allude to Mr. Campbell Scarlett's " South America and the Pacific." Be sides the nar rative of the autho r's journey across the Pampa s appended Buenos ded t o the Ayres work to pl a V n a s l paanrdaiss statements t Lima, em ent I for3s- steam navigation on th e P ac ifi c, a circumstance enaw:ahtmdaicbathih'is&ewhiciAl; r'.ng d da o er u se tless cause these volumes to be eagerly sought for by all interested in an object of such inestimable benefit. On Tuesday last, as the son of Mr. William Berry, blacksmith, of Ilminster, was returning from Langport with a horse and cart laden with coals, he got on the top of the load for the purpose of seeing some sportsmen shooting birds ; unfortunately the horse started at the report of the gun, and set off at a trotting pace, during which the lad, unable to re tain his hold, slipped down before the wheel, which instantly passed over his shoulder and breast, breaking his bones in ,a dreadful manner. He now lies in a very dangerous state, with but slight hopes of recovery.--Somerset County Gazette. MAIL COACII ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday even ing last, the mail-coach on its journey to Swansea, between Cowbridge and Bridgend, had the front azle-tree broken, when the coach fell with great violence, the horses proceeding at the time at their utmost speed. The concussion was so great, that the coachman (Tuck) was thrown over the leaders, and he fell on his head and was severely injured—the passe ngers and guard escaped unhurt. The bags were for warded to Swansea in a post-chaise, whence they were con veyed by a spare mail-coach to Pat er .—C am b r i an. The following is a statement of the several severe winters since the commencement of the eighteenth century, with the i highest degrees below zero of nurnu degree ofcol cold in each, ea at r2 Paris 7 9 :, 12; 1740, 107 ; 17 097 0 d, 1716, s 1742, 13 ; 1745, 11; 1747, 12; 1748, 11 ; 1751 and 1753,19:; 1754 and 1755, 12; 1757, 10; 1758, 11 ; 1763, 1766, an d 1767, 10 • 1768, 12 • 1776, 15 ; 1786 , 1 0; 1788, 17; 1795, 18 ; 1820, 11 ; 1825, 9 ; and 1829, 16. New MODE OF DEFR AUDING THE REVENUE. —A "canny" citizen, of the name of Macdonald, whose good lady had gone into Yorkshire on a visit to her friends, made the following simple arrangement with her as to the mode of communicating intelligence without incurring postage :—lf all was well he was to send her a newspap7r, addressed " Mrs. Macdonwell," and if otherwise " Mrs. Macdonill," in which latter ease she was to returp without a moment's delay. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWE LVE O'CLOCK. The first Liverpool letter this morning, states the Siddons New York packet, of the Ist instant has arrived there, and that a steamer has bcem sent for her despatches. The British Funds were steady during the whole of yesterday at 91i 92 for the Account All business at the Stock Exchange is at a stand still, the speculators hero; afraid to operate, before they know the news from Canada brought by the packet. THE PUNDS Consols opened this morning at the closing price of yesterday. 91i 92. Exchequer Bills, 55 57, lid. per day ; India Bonds, 51 53 ; Bank Stock, 206.207 ; India Stock, 264 265. The Foreign Market is also inat off', 19} ,i, with Coupons ; Portug. per Cents., 18 !i ; Brazilian, 72 Cent., 52 ;xi 53e ; Mexican, 271 ; Exchequer Bills just done at 60. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY- AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 20634 India S•.cie S per Cent. •ia , l. . 92 . 7,,41 4 ' htto Bon, is 3 per Cart. Con, 31y per Celt — Old Annuities ... .....„ ..... Ditto Bed. 103%34l .•-. ;% New Ditto New 3,‘i per Cent 100 99'3 1004, 3 pei Cent. Ann u it ie s. 1751... NeiV 5 per Cent... .. .. _ ... ... ... Exch. Bills, .£l,ikli • 58 60 inn. Bunk LongAnnuitlesto expire Ditto . ..... ....,....500„,..„ , 56 60 rm. Jan. 5, 1860 15% 3-164 Ditto Small Oct. 10, iili9 'ls Ditto Commt , rcial : .... .... pm. Jan. 5, 1360 l4-X ,Ditto Advertised — pm Jan. 5, 1 , 33 , . April 5, 1E5 , 1,i Jan. 5. !'i"16...... . — Consols for Acconnf... ...... 91 2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Aceoun. Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds .......... ...... 73 Ditto Account — Ditto Account ... Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account ~,„„,. hillian Banda — Prussian Bonds ..' Ditto Account C 1 I u mbian Bonds ..... ...-. ..... ... - - Ditto Account — Ditto Account Csiumbian Bonds, 1824,.... ........... Spanish Bands — Ditto Account ......»...... Ditto Account Dmish Bonds .......... ....... '744 Ditto 80nd5.1834 — Ditto Account Greek Bons!s .. French, 5 per tent_ ........ —f —, Ditto Bonds, 1625 ....... ” ------ 4 per cent........... Ditto Account — 3 per c,nt. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent._ Exchange Ditto Account Ditto. 6 per teat.. — Ditto Account 53 Ditto Accountlo2./6 --_ . i Ditto, it t . Account. e r caret . .. Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. :ice. Spanish Active same ite it left Jess Five per Cents., 2Si ; Three 73 ; Dutch Two-and.a-Half per Colombian, 25i1 Pahl. Pia Share, Cata Branca Mining Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 2O 16 17 Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Cointiany ....... Eastern Counties Railway 3 ' l3i Cl,at Western Railway Company 65 55 3 Brighton Railway Corapanir London and Blackwall Railway Loadon and Southampton Railway Company 5O 40‘ London and Southampton (New) Railway ls 2254 '2 London and Croydon Railway Company • 2O 22sy Ditto Scrip 5 • 14 M , .i.chester and Birmingham Railway .. 7 10 3654 9 6 Northern and Eastern Railway Company South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 534 5 % York and North Midland Railway Company 6 6 Australasia Bank 4O 53.4 Canada Company 24 33 Landon Joint Stock Bauk 7 7 Nation al Provincial Bank of England Provincial B ink of Ireland '2s 3 '34i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY 21. --- - ' 3 per Cent. Consols ill [Grant Canal I)ebs. 6 per cent. - Ditto lteduced ...... ...... --, Ditto, 4 per cent ... ...... .... 60% !Bs', per Cent. Stock l/S3, Hibei 'llan Bank 2 2, Ditto Nev, 1630 ... • 9A4 City of Dalin Steam Company - 35y per Cent. Debentures II 1.4 Nation ii Insurance Company... - Bank Stock - Royal Canal S' ock - ?Wiest Ofico Debentures, 4 per Grand Canal Stock - HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. IRTTER FROM LivaarooL—The Seacombe steamer will not attempt to cross the river after dark to-night, in consequence of the great quan tities of ice floating in the river. The Consol Market has improved since the early part of the morning, from 91i 02 to 92} for the Account, owing to a demand for Money Stock. In the Foreign Market the only feature worth notice is a report that the Portuguese Government was going to offer the Azores as a security for the loan of 500,0001., which has had the effect to raise the Portu. guese Stock about i per cent., done at 281 ; Spanish Active, 19i % ; Brazilian, 73 ; Danish, 74i ; Mexican, 27 271 ; Dutch Two-and-a. half per Cents, 52 % 53. London and Brighton Shares, 8 per Share. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92!4 . THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 202 1 14 Omni ana _ per Cult. Fled 91% India Stock 3 per Cent Cons 92 . /i Ditto Fonds 3. per Cent. 3 . 4 per Cent. Bed lON Ditto Old Annuities N', .tide per Cent. 100!,i Ditto New Annuities — t 1 per Cent. Assf.nted Dissented — Ditto 500! 60 pm Lyng, Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ 81 pm Jac. WO ls'; Bank Stock for Opg. 0,1 1R, ,, i l5 India Stork for Act. 234?' Jan 180 14% Consols for Feb. WOItEIG N FUNDS. Atistrien, 5 per cent ' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 Ditto, New Ditto 2.5A Br:zill.ui Bonds guervss Ayres, 8 per cent — Russian Rondo, 5 per rent ~..1121 4 Chiltan, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent Ditto, Int Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 pet cent ... - _. Greek Bonds, 1v25.5 per kent. Exchang. Nlt'xicAn, 5 per cent. Hato, 6 per cent., 1825 is...rowan. Iq2'. 6 per cent SHARES Birmingham and Derby Railway l7 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Exeter Railway Dublin and Kilkenny Railway.... 2 Eastern Counties Railway Gre t Western Railway B3 London and Brighton Railway 8 London and Blackwalatailway London and Southampton Railway 46 , ti . London and Southampton (New) London and Croydon Railway London and Croydon Railway (Scrip ) Manchester and Leeds Railway Mai.'hester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern Railway South Eastern and Dover Rahway sq No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'ciao List. On Sunday an old man named Emanuel Mercury, well known in \Yapping and about the Thames Police-office, to vrhich saAablishinent he was once attached, and where sub sequently many years ago he frequently attended and inter preted between the magistrates and foreign seamen, was found dead in his bed, in a miserable hovel in Upper East Smith. field. The deceased had arrived at the advanced age of 93 years. He had once seen better days, but for a long time past he had led a miserable life, subsisting on the charity of some of his old friends, and occasional gifts from various persons in the parish and district. An asylum had been frequently offered him in the workhouse, but he had a great horror of the place, and nothing could induce him to enter it. Relief was denied to the old man under the new system out of the house. Last week he was relieved by the Charitable Committee ap pointed to relieve severe cases of distress in St. John's, \Yap ping, and on Saturday night Marshall, the parish-beadle, pre sented him with half-a-crown, by direction of the Committee. Next day he was found on his wretched bed, in a dirty cold room, a corpse. The father of " old Mercury" also lived to the advanced age of nearly 100 years. Mr. I3oldero (whose death is noticed elsewhere) was one of the stoutest men in Suffolk. At his funeral, from the immense size of the coffin, it was found impossible to con vey it to the grave in a hearse. A bier of immense strength was therefore constructed for its removal, and the coffin being placed thereon, it was moved by 24 bearers, who were relieved at frequent intervals. It is stated that the weight of the body and its encasements of wood and lead was 136 stone, and that the width across the shoulders was three feet two inches.— Essex Herald. We take the following from 'a Warsaw letter, quoted by the Leipsic Gazette :—" While in England and Germany the question of granting civil rights to the Jews is still in de bate, it has been decided in their favour in Russia. The re- gulations publish: d in 1835 have produced most excellent effects. Count Uwaroff, the Minister of Public Instruction, has succeeded in procuring the admission of Israelites into all the houses of education ; and in the universities of Russia arc to be found Jews who have been educated at the expense of the State, and have obtained distinguished honours. Every Jew who gains the degree of candidate becomes entitled to the privileges of a cititen for himself; and all who reach the degree of doctor have the faculty of transmitting the rights of citizenship t , their descendants. It is worthy of remark that one-fourth of we remnant of the Jewish nation, via., 1,070,000 souls, are established ia Russia." We learn from Manheim, 16th inst., that the Rhine was completely blocked up with ice on the previous night and had been crossed by some persons on foot. For several days past the Necker had been crossed above Heidelberg. The late severity of the weather has not interrupted the communications between the port of Boulogne and those of England. The English mail packets came i n t o B ou l ogne on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, not being able to make Calais harbour. From the 13th to the 19th, inclusive, twelve packets arrived at Boulogne with 198 passengers, and ten took their departure with 241. The number of passengers landed at Boulogne during the last year was 26,592, and of those who embarked 30,207, making a total of 56.809. At Calais, the arrivals during the last year were 13,719, and the departures 15,124, a total of 28,843; making a gross total of passengers passing to and from the two ports in this last year of 85,652.—French Paper. On an urgent application to the Court of Chancery a few days since for payment of an annuity, the claim was re sisted by three Learned Counsel on the following ground— that "it stated no greater hardships than many which daily occurred in the Court, and, if countenanced, would give en couragement to petitions of a similar nature, so as to impede the ordinary business of the Court." If this be not justifying and perpetuating abuse we know not what is. Here we have the wrong, but the remedy is not to be approached lest we should interfere with the " ordinary" sluggishness of Chancery p ro ceedings.- 21 Terning Paper. The weather has been so severe at Amsterdam, that the river L'y was crossed a few days ago by a loaded diligence and four horses at a spot where it was nearly half a league in breadth. RARE FIDELITY.—O n Friday last, a man was found frozen to death on the river bank between Brigg and North Kelsey. His companion (a d og ) sat b y t h e s ide of his dead master, and was with sofne difficulty removed from Hull Observer. On Wednesday morning last a letter was received at Falmouth from Sir M. Rolfe, tit. P. for that borougii, en closing one from the Admiralty, which stated that the ques tion of removing the Government packets from that port had received due consideration, and that it was decided that no change should take place.— West Briton. COURT CIRCULAR. . . Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to Viscount Mel bourne. The Royal dinnei• party at the New Palace last evening in cluded his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Cornwall ; the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenbam ; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto and Lady F. Eliot, the Earl and Countess of Burlington, the Earl of Albemarle, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Hon. the Misses Pitt and Cavendish succeeded the Hon. the Misses Murray and Lister yesterday, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. The Duke and Duchess and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at Cambridge, House, Piccadilly, at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Stratfieldsay, Hants. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at half-past twelve o'clock at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ca binet Minstcrs except the Lord Chancellor and Lord Hol land. The Council sat two hours. The Hon. Mr. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., and Mr. E. Protheroe, M. P., with Mr. Alderman Gibbs, and Mr. S. Waring, of Bristol, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday on the subject of making the port of Uphill, Somersetsbire, a packet station for inter course with Ireland. M. Tricoupi transacted bus; s rress yesterday at the Foreign Office. Despatches Were sent o ff l as t even ;.ng from the Colon al Office for Lieutenant-Colonel Doherty, Governor of Sierra Leone. IRELAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, JAN. 23. POOR-LA WS.—A meeting of Mr. O'Connell's constituents; took place this day at the Corn Exchange, for the purpose of: hearing the Honourable and Learned Gentleman upon the. New Poor Law Bill. I would send you the proceedings but that Mr. O'Connell requested of the Press to hold over the meeting for a day, in order that he might be ablu to prepare a correct report of his own speech, amended from the notes of the Reporters of the Dublin Morning Papers. When Mr. O'Connell's own report is finished, I shall send you an abridgement of it, with the rest of the proceedings. COMBINATION.—The adjourned meeting of the citizens of Dublin to take into consideration the subject of Combination is fixed for Thursday. It will be attended by even more of the opulent and influential citizens than the last, to mark their disapprobation of the violence upon the last occasion. GREAT MEETING ON THE CURRAGH— TITHES, POOR-LAW, &c. Yesterday one of the most numerously attended and respectable meetings we have ever witnessed was held on the Curragh of Kildare, pursuant to requisition, for the purpose of adopting an address to her Majesty, and petitions upon the above vital questions. At a long time before twelve crowds were seen collecting from all quarters, crossing the immense plain on which the meeting was held towards the standhouse. At twelve precisely Mr. O'Connell, M. P., accompanied by Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P., arrived at the standhouse, and was received with tremendous cheering by the persons at that. time assembled. From this hour till half-past one the crowd continued quickly increasing, and at the time the Chair was take.n, there could net have been less than 30,000 persons present. ROBERT AuctieoLD, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair. He commenced the proceedings by reading the requisition convening the meeting. Sir F. M‘DoNNELL moved the address to the Queen, which' was seconded by Mr. PETER PURCELL, and passed by the meeting unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL then came forward, and was received w ith loud and long continued cheering. When the applause had subsided Mr. O'Connell said—Let us begin with giving three cheers for the Queen.—(Tremendous cheering.) Next let us give three cheers for Lord Mulgrave.—( Renewed cheering.) Next give three cheers for Old Ireland.--(En thusiastic cheering.) Men of Kildare, it delights me to look at your merry faces.—(Cheers.) We are honourably cn• gaged, and in good humour, and we ought to be in good hu mour. Many and many a bitter century has passed over our country in affliction and oppression —many a pelting tyrant• exercised his wantonness over the people of Ireland. I am old enough to remember the period when hundreds of un fortunate men, who had surrendered themselves under the promise of an amnesty, were cruelly slaughtered, contrary to the faith of agreement, in yonder fort. —( Hear, hear.) Where were the Orange gentry then?—(Cheers.) Did they look for justice for the people? Oh, no. Stuck in two boots, with a rusty sword by their side, they were cutting down and butchering all against whom they dared to raise their hand. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to descant with his usual force on the objects for which the meeting was called. In speaking on the subject of tithes he said, " This ,present Session Government has come to the determination to wipe off this odious impost entirely. My plan is to send the Parsons to the Treasury, and if the English wish that we should have more Parsons than we want, let them pay them. —( Hear.) And, after all, I am their best friend, for I do not care where they put their hands, so as I get them out of my pocket.—( Loud laughter.) They may put their hands wherever else they like for their luck-penny." Mr. O'Cosistem, then made some observations condemna tory of the contemplated Poor Law Bill, and spoke also in fa vour of an extension of the franchise, &c. Resolutions, in conformity with the requisition and declared objects of the meeting, were then passed. A vote of thanks was then proposed to Mr. O'Connell, and carried by accla mation. After some routine business had been transacted. Mr. O'Connell was called to the Chair, and the vast masses of the people separated in the most orderly manner, cheering for the Queen, her Ministers, and O'Connell. EPARTURE, JAN. 26.--Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Grantham, from Bryanston square, for Ketton, Rutlandshire. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear was produced at this theatre last night, and with a degree of taste, and skill and splendour, that re flects credit on the manager. Tate's alterations were very properly dispensed with, and the original text of Shakspeare restored. Mr. Macready, who seems determined to justify his experiments in favour of the high drama, exerted himself peculiarly in Lear, and never with more success. Indeed we should say that he has never hitherto appeared to so much ad vantage in the part, especially in its pathetic scenes, wherein he rose above his mannerisms, and presented a fearful general likeness of human greatness sufferixg in severest trial. No thing could be more touching than his concluding scenes with Cordelia ; they were hallowing- from their perfect simplicity. intermingling an:incomplete consciousness of imbecility with a full feeling of unutterable woe. Amongst other improvements in the general arrangements, in this instance, was that of the scene of Edmund's challenge in the last act, where the sol diers on the stage suddenly form temporary lists by crossing their spears round the circle of combat. The effect was as appropriate as strikin:. Miss Faucitt's Cordelia is amongst her best performances—feeling, gentle, and affecting. Elton went through Edgar spiritedly, and the other prominent parts of the play were well cost. The house was completely crowded, and deeply attentive to the performance. At the fall of the curtain Mr. Macready was compelled to come forth and receive a renewed tribute of the much applause lavished upon him in the course of the night. OPERA BOFFA.—The Opera of Le Nozze SIC Figaro was repeated here last night to a full and fashionable audience. The cast of the characters was nearly the same as on the previous occasion. Mme. Eckerlin was the Countess, and, to our thinking, had improved in the delineation of the character. At first cold and stiff, she became more free as she proceeded, and in the latter portion of the Opera, deserved and received more than one encore. Her first successful effort was in the air " Done sono," her last in her portion of " Sull'aria." Her performance was throughout pleasing. Mlle. Scheroni played with no inconsiderable archness the part of Susanna, and Cherubino was sustained in a very lively manner by Miss H. Cawse. Both these performers acquitted themselves exceedingly well; and if Miss H. Cawse had a little more confidence in her power of pronouncing the Italian, there would not be much wanting to make her representation of Cherubino almost all that could be desired. The beautiful air " Donne the sapete," was given very pleasingly by Mddle. Scheroni, and was encored, notwithstanding an absurd, ill-na tured, and ridiculous piece of affected criticism by some one who talked Italian, and vented his dissatisfaction on the exclama tion "gusto Inglese." We ought to add, as a proof of his capacity to criticise, that all the time that the air was being sung, he was talking to a dandy friend, and discussing the personal charms of the performers and the ladies in the boxes. The opera went if satisfactorily. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which, after considerable discussion, it was agreed to apply to Parliament for the repeal of the Act of George the Second for regulating the nightly watch and beadles, and to introdnce a measure for the uniform regulation of the police and watch by night and day, by a majority of 20, the numbers being—for the motion, 65—against it, 45. A Committee was then appointed to prepare a Bill forthwith, and to report the same to the Court. The Court directed the Chamberlain to take the proper, steps for the discharge of 22,300/., a further part of the loan raised for the London bridge approaches, out of the surplus of the dues for the quar ter ended the sth inst. Three hundred pounds additional was subscribed in aid or the funds of the Committee for the relief of the necessitous poor of London and parts adjacent. The several officers of the Corporation were elected. PATENT LEVER WATCHES. Four and a Half Guineas each. A variety of Second-hand Watches, on this celebrated construc tion, with going fuzee, to continue going while winding up, jewelled in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and other modern improvements, are offered at the above price, war ranted, at COX SAVORY'S, Jeweller, Silversmith, and Watch maker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Oracechurch • street). DIED. On the 13th inst., in Newman -street, Oxford-street, Mrs. Ann M'Cabe, aged 69. On the 20th inst., at Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worcester shire, Wm. Orme, Esq., aged 67. On the 20th inst., .1. B. B. Eastman, Esq., of Mount Sandford Heuse, near Barnstaple, Devon, awed 59. On the 20th i ns t., in Connaught -terrace, Regent's-park, aged 16, John, fourth son of the Rev. H. Boyce. On the 13th inst., Mr. George Blundell, formerly of Bishop.- gate-street, and late of Arundel-street, Strand, aged 64. • _ nylon: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the eounty f Mittellesez.—Friday, January 28, 1838.